| Frank O'Farrell | ||
| Personal information | ||
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| Full name | Francis O'Farrell | |
| Date of birth | October 9, 1927 | |
| Place of birth | Cork, Ireland | |
| Senior clubs1 | ||
| Years | Club | App (Gls)* |
| ?-1948 1948-1956 1956-1961 1961 |
Cork United West Ham United Preston North End Weymouth |
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| National team | ||
| 1952-? | Republic of Ireland | 9 (2) |
| Teams managed | ||
| 1961-1965 1965-1968 1968-1971 1971-1972 1973-1974 1974-1976 1976-1977 1977-1980 1980 1981-1982 1982-1983 |
Weymouth Torquay United Leicester City Manchester United Cardiff City Iran Torquay United Torquay United (General manager) Al-Shaab Torquay United Torquay United (General manager) |
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Francis O'Farrell (born October 9, 1927 in Horgan's Buildings, Magazine Road, Cork, Ireland) is an Irish former football (soccer) player and manager. Events 768 - Carloman I and Charlemagne are crowned Kings of The Franks. Year 1927 ( MCMXXVII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Cork (Corcaigh is the second largest city in the Republic of Ireland and the island of Ireland 's third most populous city after Dublin and Belfast Ireland (pronounced /ˈaɾlənd/ Éire) is the third largest island in Europe, and the twentieth-largest island in the world Ireland ( Irish: Éire, ˈeːrʲə is a country in north-western Europe. Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a Team sport played between two teams of eleven players and is widely considered
Frank O'Farrell started his playing career with Cork United, but followed his former Cork teammate, Tommy Moroney to West Ham United in January 1948. Cork United FC is a name used by two former Irish football clubs based in Cork. Tommy Moroney (born November 10 1923, Cork, Ireland; died 1981 is a former Irish soccer and Rugby union player } West Ham United Football Club is an English football club based in Upton Park, London Borough of Newham, East London, who have played A quietly spoken, but nonetheless determined and talented wing-half, O'Farrell was to become a well-respected student of the game. He took some time to establish himself at Upton Park, possibly because of his naturally shy nature, but eventually he won first team recognition towards the end of 1950, making his league debut in November 1950 in a 4-1 defeat away to Notts County and remaining a regular in the side for six seasons. Notts County Football Club is a football club based in Nottingham, England, and the oldest of all the clubs that are now professional During that time O'Farrell won the first of nine full international caps for the Ireland against Austria in Vienna on 7 May 1952, in a 6-0 defeat. The Republic of Ireland national football team represents Ireland in international football. The Austria national football team is the association football team that represents the Country of Austria in international competition and is controlled Vienna ( in Wien; see also other names) is the Capital of Austria, and is also one of the nine States of Austria.
In November 1956, he left the Hammers for Preston North End in a straight swap deal involving Eddie Lewis. Preston North End Football Club is an English professional football club located in the Deepdale area of the city of Preston, Lancashire Edward 'Eddie' Lewis (born January 3 1935 in Manchester) is an English former footballer. He was still with the Lancashire club when they finished runners-up to Wolverhampton Wanderers in Division One at the end of the 1957-58 season. Ironically, that same campaign O'Farrell's former team-mates at West Ham finished as Second Division Champions, at last securing their promotion to Division One, the goal he had strived so hard to help achieve.
He retired as a player in 1961 due to injury and in May 1961 became player-manager at Weymouth. Weymouth FC, also known as "The Terras" are a Dorset -based English football club based in the town of Weymouth, who play in the In May 1965 he became manager of Torquay United, replacing Eric Webber. Torquay United Football Club, nicknamed the Gulls is an English association football club based in the seaside resort town of Torquay, Devon Eric Victor Webber (born Shoreham 22 December 1919, died Southampton 10 December 1996) was an English footballer He took the Gulls to promotion in his first season in charge and followed this with 6th and 7th place finished in Division Three in the following two seasons. While Torquay manager he returned to West Ham to sign three players, John Bond, Ken Brown and Bill Kitchener. John Frederick Bond (born December 17, 1932) is an English former professional football player and manager Kenneth Brown (born February 16, 1934 in Forest Gate, London) is an English former footballer and manager who played professionally William Harry Kitchener (born November 3, 1946 in Arlesey) is an English former professional footballer
In December 1968, he took over Leicester City, narrowly winning a vote between himself and then Luton Town manager Allan Brown for the post. PLEASE NOTE This section is the introduction Please do not add too much detail here Luton Town Football Club are an English football team based in the town of Luton in Bedfordshire. Allan Duncan Brown (born October 12, 1926 in Kennoway, Fife) is a Scottish former footballer and manager Brown was sacked for showing an interest in the post and subsequently replace O'Farrell at Torquay. Although Leicester were relegated from the First Division at the end of the season, O'Farrell lead them to the FA Cup final, which they lost 1-0 to Manchester City at Wembley. The Football Association Challenge Cup, commonly known as the FA Cup, is a knockout cup competition in English football, run by and named after TalkManchester City FC before changing verbs to singular --> Manchester City Football Club is an English professional football club Wembley Stadium is a Stadium in Wembley, located in the London Borough of Brent in London, England.
In June 1971, after leading Leicester to promotion and the Second Division title, he took over at Manchester United, but would only last eighteen months in the post. The soft spoken Irishman was never able to get to grips with the worst of George Best's excesses. George Best (22 May 1946 &ndash 25 November 2005 was a Northern Irish professional football player best known for his years with Manchester United. He befriended him, encouraged him and then dropped him. United started his first season in charge very well and were 10 points clear at one stage at the top. However form plummeted and O'Farrell's impersonal approach whereby every player had to schedule an appointment just to see him didn't help morale. A poor start the following season cluminated in a 5-0 thrashing at a Don Rogers inspired Crystal Palace which ultimately sealed his fate. Crystal Palace FC is an English football club based in South Norwood, London. In December of 1972, O'Farrell was sacked with three and a half years left on his contract.
He became manager of Cardiff City in November 1973, but in April 1974 quit to take the manager's post with the Iranian national team and lead them to the 1976 Asian Cup. Cardiff City Football Club (Clwb Pêl-droed Dinas Caerdydd is a football team based in Cardiff, Wales. The Iran national football team ( represents Iran in international football competitions and is controlled by the Islamic Republic of Iran Football The 1976 AFC Asian Cup was the sixth edition of the Asian Nations Cup, the Football (soccer championship of Asia ( AFC)
In November 1976 he returned to Torquay United as manager, moving to a position as general manager when Mike Green was appointed as manager in March 1977. This article is about Mike Green the former defender and manager He became Torquay manager again in June 1981, once again becoming general manager, this time in June 1982 on the appointment of Bruce Rioch. Bruce David Rioch (born 6 September 1947, in Aldershot, England) is an English -born Scottish football manager He worked as general manager until 1983, since when he has lived in retirement in Torquay. Torquay (tɔrˈkiː is a town in the Unitary authority of Torbay and ceremonial county of Devon, England.
In January 2006 O'Farrell was invited for an expenses paid visit to Iran to attend a ceremony in honour of Persepolis F.C. former players, along with Alan Rogers, working in Iran. January 2006: ← - January - February - March - April - May - June - July For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Iran topics. This article is about the football club For other uses see Persepolis (disambiguation. Alan Rogers (born in 1924 was an English football manager who was Head-Coach of Persepolis F For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Iran topics. [1]
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Weymouth manager 1961-1965 |
Succeeded by Stan Charlton |
| Preceded by Mahmoud Bayati |
Iran national team manager 1974-1976 |
Succeeded by Heshmat Mohajerani |
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